This was taken before the carpet dye. The leather seats are in fair condition. the colors faded and there are cracks in it. I was told that I could dye them white. They would look clean but the cracks would still exist. there are no actual rips or cuts in the leather. what you see is from wear over the years. the wood grain is marvelous. The padding will also be re stained or dyed white.

Finally got my car back. Had the heads done since nobody seem to have been able to drill the bolts out to save me some money...anyways.My smog pump went bad. It screeeeeeached everytime I started the car. I disconnected the belt and the noise went away. The mechanic did not connect my smog pump hoses back to the engine. Claims that we don't use it for emmissions anymore. I asked around and everybody said that's fine.

Installed the headliner on my own shortly after installing the new carpet. The headliner had about 6 bars supporting it. A much cleaner install than the headliners you see that hade to be scraped off. Thanks Caddy! The old headliner had holes that were stitched up. If you recall I painted it with SEMs way back when.

I can't believe upholsterers charge that much to re-do interior. It's so easy. My rear seating area looks brand new. I used SEM Paint. Turns out the car original color was not the white we're use to seeing. It was closer to "superwhite". I kid you not. I coated the rear arm rest and wood grain padding.

Here are the pictures taken from the inside trim of the car. I decided to change it some. Instead of going back with white I painted it the same color to match the dashboard. I think this will make the inside interior "pop" more with the Burgandy outline.I wet sanded the pieces first, primed them and then put one coat on. I'll probably do 2 coats total

"Priest" is like the main character in the movie "Superfly". He too has a nasty Cadillac as his ride in the movie. The movie was made in 1972. Google it. You can watch it online. Click the link below to listen to my theme music by Curtis Mayfield LINK It opens in a new window so you can listen to it in the background and enjoy the Caddy "Golden One" Eldorado.Videos: Right click and select "open in new window" otherwise you'll be sent to another pageFirst crankhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYhDsjEXwV0 9/14/09 First time driving the caddyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXiTT8At6HsI'm looking for used parts to get her running again. Hit me up if you know of some good sites. I have a Left front intake manifold to put on. I also need the right side. Turns out that the car on has 1 intake according to a viewer of my page. So, what I really needed were exhaust manifolds. Both are at the machine shop now. When I get them back I was told to have the heads done too before putting the manifolds on. We'll see. More to come. Possibly need a transmission. We'll see once I get the 500 cu. inch engine right. She's ready to break necks again on the streets.Decided to keep it as a classic: Half of the stuff I don’t even know what you call it*Mayo whitewalls*Original Spoke rims, hubs and classic Cadillac center piece (I know you want to see 26”s, can’t do that)*Power windows*Power seats*Joint has a wind up clock in the dash*8-Track Pioneer Player with 8 track tapes. Can’t wait to hear the hissing sounds LOL*Some kind of chrome S Swirl looking thing on the back window*A chromed out lip fender thing a ma jig over the windshield*Huge Grill*Climate controlled A/C*Some kind of freakin air system that raises the back of the car up when you put air in it like a tire.*White Leather seats*Red carpeting and door trim*Wood Grain from the front to the back seats (crazy)*illuminated Cadillac symbol lights in the back seat area*Trunk can fit about 10 bodies in it LOL*V-8 500 Cu. Engine and a whole lot of history

The passenger side exhaust manifold came off of a Cadillac Calais. I hope it fits. They look identical. I painted some of the engine parts chrome which looks like silver or grey to me. Ol cheap spray paint. This will have to work until i find a reasonable shop that do chrome. that's way down the road though. I have to pay the rent LOL...

I had some paint left over and didn't want to toss it out. I looked in the car for something to use it on and found the perfect place. The car ceiling that faded. It worked out perfect. the paint adheared to the material. I'll be doing the whole thing after i buy a couple more cans. up close it looks new and original.

I fired up the engine and the temp light came on. I couldnt figure that out until i fired it up and looked under the hood. the alternator and fan were not moving. turns out the smog pump wraps around the pulley on the engine and back around the fan/waterpump pulley to turn it. DOAH! now i have to break the car down again to install a new smog pump just to turn the pulleys.Installed new smog pump to power the fan and waterpump

If you look closely in the pic on the right you can see small holes in the muffler...more repairs more repairs...Update: 10/15/09Another day at the junkyard and I stumbled on these 2 puppies off of a 67 cadillac eldorado. perfect fit and no broken/split metal on the drums.

Ok, I could not wait to show off these pics. none of it is bolted down yet. i just layed them in the position they supposed to be in the rear seating area.I can't believe how clean it looks on the right side. talk about before and after. i cant wait to to the doors. *****Update (Red door trim installed,rear panels bolted in and front doors complete. Who's your daddy? Not bad for a computer geek LOL..*****